for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
at first; in the beginning; originally
taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
at first; initially; in the beginning
seeing for the first time; first sight
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
eating the first meal of soft rice (himeii) after the traditional hard rice of New Year (kowaii); first intercourse of the New Year; loss of virginity; loss of maidenhead
beginning of the (fiscal) year
first appearance (of the season)
nothing new; same as always; nothing new about it
annual New Year's poetry reading
we meet only to part; (lit.) meeting is the first step to parting
re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)
New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
beginning-of-file label; header label; HDR
beginning-of-volume label; volume (header) label; volume header
a good beginning makes a good ending
ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods); first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))
ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (e.g. kariginu, eboshi)
birth is the beginning of death
birth is the beginning of death